Tate turned 1! . . . He also turned 13 months :-)

Tate's first birthday came quite quickly. They sure do sneak up on you when you start at 8 months. We had a party at our apartment and Tate received the traditional dose of sugar, gifts, and attention. He wasn't quite sure what to think of the flaming cake coming toward him.

He also got some great gifts and filled up his toy box. He loves reading books. His favorite is Dinosaur Roar, which starts out with a bang. He likes doing a little baby roar, but it just comes out as a throaty 'daaaaaaa.' He also likes kissing the green dinosaur - I don't know.

Tate wasn't quite sure what to think of the whole evening and was pretty chill for all of it. I think the highlight for him was just getting to crawl around in the grass.